REPORT 



No. 3 



ON THE 



MAINTENANCE OF 

THE 
PARK DEPARTMENT 

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 
IN 1913 AND 1914 



BY 



WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST 

Comptroller 



BUREAU OF 
MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS 



JULY, 1915 



No. 3 

REPORT 



ON THE 



MAINTENANCE OF 

THE 
PARK DEPARTMENT 

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 
IN 1913 AND 1914 



BY 

WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST 

Comptroller 



BUREAU OF 
MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS 

JULY, 1915 



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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 
THE CITY OF NEW YORK 

Bureau of Municipal Investication and Statistics. 



June 7, 1915. 

]Ioii. William A. Prendergast, Comptroller, The City of Nczv York: 

Dear Sir — Below is submitted a report upon the cost of maintaining the entire 
Park Department of The City of New York in 1914 and the cost of maintaining 
parks, etc., in the Boroughs of The Bronx and Queens for 1913. 

For the purpose of facilitating the assimilation of the statistics that follow, it 
is thought advisable to set forth here a brief outline of the organization of tiie Park 
Department and its principal functions. 

Section 607 of the Greater New York Charter reads as follows : 

"The liead of the department of parks shall be called the park board, said 
board sliall consist of four members who shall be known as commissioners of 
parks of The City of New York. They shall be appointed by the mayor and shall 
hold their respective oflfices as provided in chapter four of this act. One of the 
said commissioners shall be the president of the board, and sliall be so designated 
by the mayor. In appointing such commissioners, the mayor shall specify the bor- 
ough or boroughs in which they are respectively to have administrative jurisdic- 
tion, to wit : one in the boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond ; one in the bor- 
ough of The Bronx, and one in the borough of Brooklyn and one in the borough 
of Queens. The principal office of the department of parks shall be in the bor- 
ough of Manhattan. There shall be branch offices in the boroughs of Brooklyn, 
Queens and Tlie Bronx. The salary of each of said commissioners shall be five 
thousand dollars a year." 

The powers and duties of the Park Board are enumerated in the city charter, 
sections 605 to 630, inclusive, and the regulations of the Park Board, adopted No- 
vember 19, 1914, pertaining to the use by the public of the property under the juris- 
diction of the Park Board constitute chapter 17 of the city ordinances. 

Below is shown the total acreage in each borough, the total park acreage in each 
borough and the percentage the latter is to the former: 



Boroughs. 



Bronx . . . 

Manhattan 
Brooklyn . 
Queens . . . 
Richmond 







Percentage of 


Total 


Total Park 


Park Acreage to 


Acreage. 


Acreage. 


Total Acreage. 


26,523 


3,932 


14.8 


13,226 


1,466 


11.1 


38,978 


*1,013 


2.6 


81.720 


tl,151 


1.4 


36,600 


64 


.2 



* This figure does not include the 14.70 acres in the recently acquired Dreamland 
Park, t Does not include the Seaside Park, with an area of approximately 250 acres. 



The following tal)le sets out the number of parks and playgrounds in each bor- 
ough having an area of one or more acres and the average acreage of these parks : 

Parks and Playgrounds. 



Manhattan 

Richmond 

Hronx 

Brooklyn 

Queens 

Total 







Average 






Number of 


imber. 


Acreage. 


Acres in 
Each Park. 


42 


1,465.92 


34.90 


12 


63.56 


5.29 


15 


3,931.98 


262.13 


34 


1,012.65 


29.78 


16 


1,150.80 


71.92 



119 



7,624.91 



64.08 



Parkzvavs and Drivcxvays. 



Number. Acreage. 



Average 
Number of 

Acres in 
Eacli Park- 
way and 
Driveway. 



Manhattan 4 56.67 

Bronx 4 232.42 

I )r( loklyn 6 558 . 61 

Total 14 847.70 



14.17 
58.11 
93.10 

60.55 



The public institutions maintained wholly or in part by The City of New York 
in the public parks are : 

Borough of Manhattan — New York Pulolic Library Building, Metropolitan Mu- 
seum of Art, New York Aquarium, American Museum of Natural History, Jumel 
Mansion, Grant's Tomb. 

Borough of The Bronx — New York Botanical Garden, New York Zoological 
Garden. 

Borough of Brooklyn — Museum of Arts and Sciences, Children's Museum, Bo- 
tanical Garden and Arboretum. 

Each of the four divisions of the Park Department keeps separate accounts and 
records and renders an annual report of the cost of its operation and maintenance. 

The appropriations for the several boroughs for the past five years, aside from 
about $30,000 annually for the Park Board, have been as follows : 



Manhattan 

and 
Richmond. 

1911 $1,426,438 00 

1912 1.519.7KS 00 

1913 1,575 056 00 

1914 1.602,553 00 

1915 1.545 693 00 



Bronx. Brooklyn. 



Queens. 



$690,980 00 
722.191 00 
750,747 00 
760 861 00 
740,602 00 



•=$1,103,783 00 

1,239,975 00 

1,254,039 00 

1,026,452 00 

934,312 00 



$165,120 00 
186,972 00 
180,130 00 
171,283 00 



* Brooklvn and Queens. 



The i)crocntat;os of increase in these years in the Bur()US4hs of Manhatian and 
Richmond and The Bronx were 8.3 per cent, and 7.2 per cent., respectively. Brooklyn 
and Queens, treated as one department, show suhstantially no increase, the allowance 
now made to the Borough of Queens heiiig offset hy corresponding reductions in the 
Borough of Brooklyn. 

The appropriations for the institutions maintained in tliese parks for the same 
period were : 

Manhuttan and Richmond. 



Jumcl 
Mansion. 



Grant's 
Tomb. 



^New York 

PuI>Hc 

Library 

Building. 



Alctro- 
politan 
Museum 
of Art. 



New York 
Aquarium. 



American 

Museum 

of Natural 

History. 



1911 $5,650 00 $7,000 00 

1912 5,650 00 7,000 00 

1913 4,540 00 5.000 00 

1914 3,625 00 5,000 00 

1915 4,112 00 5,000 00 



$10,000 00 
18,000 00 
48.500 00 
36,600 00 



$200,000 00 
200.OC0 00 
200,000 00 
200 000 00 
200.000 00 



$48,000 00 $189,757 00 

48.500 00 195,000 00 

47,345 00 200000 00 

47.000 00 200.000 00 

47.000 00 200,000 00 



* For supplies and materials and contracts for repairs and replacements. 

The Bronx. 



New York 

Botanical 

Garden. 



New Y(irk 

Zoological 

Garden. 



1911 $85,994 00 $174,632 00 

1912 90,565 00 182.,%5 00 

1913 103.900 00 191.925 00 

1914 107.163 00 200.000 00 

1915 107,163 00 200 000 00 



Brooklxn. 



Museum 
Arts and 
Sciences. 



Children's 
Aluseum. 



Botanical 
Garden and 
Arboretum. 



1911 $93,760 00 $12,145 00 $14,550 00 

1912 97,780 00 12.555 00 25.830 00 

1913 102.405 00 12.927 00 29.460 00 

1914 106.745 00 13.227 00 37.636 00 

1915 109,035 00 14,067 00 37.124 00 



The appropriations by the City for these institutions for 1911 aggregated $831,488; 
for 1915, $960,101, an increase of approximately 15.5 per cent. The institutions chiefly 
benefited by these increases were New York Public Library. American Museum of 
Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, the New York Zoological Garden, 
the Museum of Arts and Sciences and the Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Al- 
though the increase in the appropriations for the last-mentioned institution was but 
S22,574 from 1911 to 1915. the percentage of increase was 155. 



The figures hereunder exhibit l)y boroughs the total cost of maintaining the park 
department in 1914 with the exception of the Park Board, and also the cost thereof 
to the City per acre of park territory. Tlie results will be somewhat misleading, as 
the total costs include also the cost of caring for parkways and driveways : 



Total Cost, Total Park Cost Per 

Borough. 1914. Acreage. Acre. 

Manhattan and Richmond $1,069,650 00 1,530 $699 1 1 

Brooklyn 850,911 00 1,013 *839 99 

Bronx 474,556 00 3,932 120 69 

Queens 182,14100 1,151 158 24 



*This is higher than Manhattan largely because of the larger amount expended 
by Brooklyn upon parkways and for the care of trees in city streets. 

If from the above figures are deducted the cost of parkways and the care of 
trees in city streets, we arrive at figures more fairly comparable. 



*Total Cost, Total Park Cost Per 

Borough. 1914. Acreage. Acre. 

Manhattan and Richmond $1,032,529 00 1,530 $674 85 

Brooklyn 638,701 00 1,013 630 50 

Bronx 400,970 00 3,932 101 96 

Queens " 163,778 00 1,151 142 29 



* Less cost of parkways and streets and care of trees in city streets. 

Note— The cost per acre in the Boroughs of The Bronx and Queens are com- 
paratively low by reason of the large amount of unimproved park acreage included 
therein. 

The total receipts from the park departments, all Boroughs, for the year 1914 
were $95,348.74, made up as follows: 



Manhattan 

and 
Richmond. Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. 



Privileges $29,885 53 $19,520 06 $18,787 00 $220 00 

Permits and fees 621 00 13,873 25 502 20 1,102 50 

Restoring and repaving 1,318 32 5,398 62 

Sale of old material ' 286 51 717 42 26 00 

Miscellaneous 836 89 5 65 2,247 79 

Totals $32,661 74 $33,685 47 $27,653 03 $1,348 50 

The item "Privileges" includes besides the moneys received for boating, carousel, 
refreshment and newsstand privileges, etc., rents for various buildings on park prop- 
erty occupied as restaurants. "Permits and Fees" are for bay-window projections, 
lockers in golf and tennis houses, golf permits, camp sites, etc. The receipts for "Re- 
storing and Repaving" consist of deposits made by plumbers, etc., to defray the cost 
of restoring street openings. The other items require no explanation. 



7 

Below is shown the cost of maintaining the various functions of the several di- 
visions of the Park Department for 1914. 

Manhattan 
Function. and Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. Total. 

Richmond. 

1. General Administrative 

Expense $85,69159 $40,809 71 $55,140 86 $38,164 13 $219,806 29 

2. Supervision and General 

Expense 82,766 77 78,348 97 102,251 78 11,703 85 275,07137 

3. Care of Roads, Paths 

and Driveways 165,474 85 125.420 98 177,07112 17,827 24 485,794 19 

4. Care of Trees, Shrubs, 

Flowers and Lawns.. 133,609 29 70,597 47 211,689 27 34,080 35 449,976 38 

5. Care of Beaches, Lakes 

and Shore Lines..... 1.90119 126 50 12,449 33 3,87174 18,348 76 

6. Playgrounds, Athletic 

Fields and Children's 

School Farms 126,009 10 45,274 96 41.979 77 7,968 17 221,232 00 

7. Care of General Park 

Improvements and 

Properties 45.154 40 18,146 26 29.019 68 6.068 88 98,389 22 

8. Care of Bathhouses and 

Comfort Stations.... 120,96150 23,808 84 61,568 85 4,245 10 210,584 29 

9. Care of Buildings and 

other Structures .... 28.860 25 16.237 27 49.4.50 41 11.292 57 105,840 50 

10. Music and Celebrations. 56.654 40 6,099 11 20,205 7i 4.221 26 87,180 50 

11. Miscellaneous Expenses, 

General Park Equip- 
ment, Stables. Green- 
houses, Nurseries, 
Shops and Store- 
houses 222,567 04 49.686 42 90,084 64 42,698 31 405.036 41 

Total for Year. .$1,069,650 38 $474,556 49 $850,911 44 $182,141 60 $2,577,259 91 

12. General Administration 

of Park Board 30,039 77 30,039 77 

Total $1,099,690 15 $474,556 49 $850,911 44 $182,141 60 $2,607,299 68 

13. Less Manufactures bv 

Department 1.602 91 1,602 91 

$1,098,087 24 $474,556 49 $850,911 44 $182,141 60 $2,605,696 77 

The relationship of the entire cost of each of these various functions to the 
entitre cost of the department and the relationship of the cost of each function to the 
entire cost of each of the divisions of the Park Department affected by it is shown 
by the following percentages : 

Percentage Percentage of Functional Cost by Boroughs 

of Total ' ' ^ 

Function. Functional Manhattan 

Cost to and Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. 

Entire Cost. Richmond. 

1 • 8.5 8.0 8.6 6.5 20.9 

2 Q.l 7.7 8.0 12.0 6.4 

3 18.8 15.5 26.4 20.8 9.8 

4 19.0 12.5 23.4 24.9 18.7 

5 .7 .1 .02 1.5 2.1 



Function. 



Percentage 

of To tail 
Functional Manhattan 

Cost to and 

Entire Cost. Richmond. 



Percentage of Functional Cost by Boroughs, 



Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens. 



6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 



8.6 


11.8 


9.6 


4.9 


4.2 


3.8 


4.2 


3.8 


3.4 


3.4 


8.2 


11.3 


5.0 


7.2 


2.4 


4.1 


2.7 


3.4 


5.8 


6.2 


3.4 


5.3 


1.3 


2.4 


2.3 


1.S.8 


20.9 


10.5 


10.6 


23.6 


** 











100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



**The General Administration of the Park Board represents 1.15 per cent, of the 
total cost of this department. 

The above items are reclassified below to facilitate the comparison of the 
respective borough percentages of functional cost. 



Boroughs. 



Per- 
centa.ges. 



1. General Admimstratwc Ex- 

pense. 

Queens 

Bronx 

All-average 

Manhattan and Riclnr-ond 

Brooklyn 

2. Supervision and General Jl.v- 

pcnsc. 

Brooklyn 

.All-average 

Bronx 

Manhattan and Riclimond 

Queens 

3. Care of Roads, Paths and 

Drivezvays. 

Bronx 

Brooklyn 

.\ll-average 

Manhattan and l\ichmond 

Queens 

4. Care of Trees. Shrubs, Flmv- 

ers and Lawns. 

Brooklyn 

Bronx 

All-average 

Queens 

Manhattan and Richmond 

5. Care of Beaehes. Lakes and 

Shore Lines. 

Queens 

Brooklyn 

All-average 

Afanhattan and Richmond 

Bronx 

6. Plavnrnnnds, .-ifhletie Fields 
and Children's School Farms. 

Manhattan and Richmond 

Bronx 



20.9 
8.6 
8.5 
8.0 

6.5 



12.0 
9.1 

8.0 

7.7 
6.4 



26.4 
20 8 
18.8 
15.5 
9.8 



24.9 
23.4 
19.0 
18.7 

12 5 



2.10 

1.50 

.70 

.10 

.02 



11.8 
9.6 



Boroughs. 



Per- 
centages. 



.All-average 

Brooklyn 

Queens 

7. Care of General Park Lin- 
provenients and Properties. 

Manhattan and Richmond 

.All-average 

Bronx 

Brooklyn 

Queens 

8. Care of Bathjioitses and Com- 

fort Stations. 

Manhattan and Richmond 

-All-average 

Brooklyn 

Bronx 

Queens 

9. Care of Buildings and Other 

Structures. 

Queens 

Brooklyn 

.All-average 

Bronx 

Manhattan and Richmond 

10. Music and Celebrations. 

Manhattan and Richmond 

.All-average 

T'rooklyn 

Queens 

Bronx 

11. Miscellaneous F.rpenses. Gen- 
eral Park Equipment, Stables, 
Greenhouses, Nurseries, Shops 
and Storehouses. 

Queens 

Manhattan and Richmond 

All-average 

Brooklyn 

Bronx 



8.6 
4.9 
4.2 



4.2 
3.8 
3.8 
3.4 
3.4 



11.3 
8.2 
7.2 
5.0 

2.4 



6.2 
5.8 
4.1 
3.4 
2.7 

5.3 
3.4 
2.4 
2.3 
1.3 



23.6 

20.9 

15.8 

10.6. 

10.5 



Overhead Costs. 

The Percentages of the overhead costs in the boroughs arc made up of items No. 
1, General Administrative Expense, No. 2, Supervision and General Expense, and 
No. 11, Miscellaneous Expense, as follows: 



Manhattan and 

Richmond. Bronx. 



Brooklyn. Queens. 



Item No. 1 8.0 8.6 6.5 

Item No. 2 1.1 8.0 12.0 

Item No. 11 20.9 10.5 10.6 

Total overhead charges 36.6 27.1 29.1 



20.9 

6.4 

23.6 

50.9 



The percentages of overhead or undistributed charges appear to be excessive in 
Manhattan and Richmond and in Queens, due in the first instance to "miscellaneous 
expenses" considerably in excess of the average percentage for all I)oroughs, and in 
the latter instance to the excessive percentages of both "general administration" and 
"miscellaneous expenses." The conditions in the various boroughs differ so widely 
that it is difficult to say that a larger percentage of cost in any of tlie other functions 
in any one borough means less efficient management than in a borough showing a 
less percentage of entire cost in the same function. It is possible, however, that such 
is the case, and the percentage figures here are given with the hope that a close 
examination of the charges entering into them may lead to savings in future opera- 
tions. 

Statements A, B, C and D hereto attached show for 1914 the total expense of 
maintaining the Park Department, the cost of maintaining each park, playground, 
parkway and driveway therein, the relationship of the supervisory and the direct 
expenses to the total expense, and the acreage, average cost of upkeep per acre and 
assessed valuation of each. It is interesting to note from these statements the 
wide variations in the percentages liorne by the supervising expense to the total 
expense and in the cost of upkeep per acre. The extremes in each arc indicated below 
in each of the park divisions : 



Percentage of 

Supervisory 

Expense of 

Total Expense 

Varies From 



Average Cost of 

Upkeep Per Acre 

Varies From 



Average 

Cost of 

Maintenance 

Per Acre of 

Park Area. 



Manliattan 3.0 to 44 .'3 

Bronx 1.9 to 26.7 

Brooklyn 9.3 to 31.5 

Queens 1.2 to 17.6 

Richmond 7.5 to 44.2 



$45 86 to $10,433 31 
17 35 to l.(X)5 42 
49 65 to 4.870 79 
78 96 to 2.856 51 
15 93 to 2,104 13 



*$674 85 
630 .50 
101 96 
158 24 



*Richmond included with Manhattan figures. 

Doubtless many of the variations in the cost of upkeep per acre are due to the 
maintenance of playgrounds, athletic fields, comfort stations, bathhouses, etc., in 
some parks and not in others, but this does not explain all of the abnormally liigh 
costs per acre. The percentage of supervisory expense, too, seems in a number of 
instances to be very high. 

Hereunder will be discussed the detailed expense statements of the Boroughs of 
The Bronx and Queens for 1913 and 1914. This cannot be done with Manhattan and 
Richmond and the Borougji of Brooklyn because of the absence of the detailed 
figures for 1913. 



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The Bronx. 

The increases and decreases in functions of this division, as shown on Statement 
B herewith, are as follows : 

Supcrz'ision and General Expense. 



General Administration 

Parks. 

Bronx 

Claremont 

Crotona 

De Voe 

Echo 

McComb's Dam 

Peliiam Bay 

Poe 

St. James 

St. Marys 

Franz Sigel 

University 

Van Cortlandt 

Washington Bridge 

Small Parks, S(iuares and Triangles 

Parkways. 

Bronx and Pelham 

Crotona 

Mosholu 

Koads in New York Botanical Garden 

Spuyten Duyvil 

Ihidistributed 

City Streets. 
Care of trees 

Miscellaneoiis Expense. 

General park equipment 

Greenhouses and nurserv 

Stables ^ 

Shops, overhead 

()mnil)us line operation 

Net increase in supervision and general expense 

Direct Expense. 
Parks. 

Bronx 

Claremont 

Crotona 

De Voe 

Echo 

McComb's Dam 

Melrose 

Pelham Bay 

Poe ' .'.■ 

St. James 

St. Marvs 

I'ranz Sigel 

University 



Increases, Decreases, 

1914 Over 1914 Under 

1913. 1913. 

$3,439 29 

1,555 58 

$447 59 

86 85 

140 22 

98 80 

1,085 22 

1,839 94 

56 66 

429 52 

679 28 

800 44 

64 14 

715 65 

37 97 

97 90 

840 58 

IS 02 

275 14 

354 00 

51 48 

4,940 19 

327 00 

2,372 59 

116 61 

391 07 

988 39 

11,160 61 

$17,979 12 $15,428 61 
2,550 51 

$17,979 12 $17,979 12 

$3,167 73 

$116 51 

9.486 44 

216 99 

330 30 

6,059 63 

493 11 

12,298 40 

929 25 

332 91 

715 79 

785 49 

70 32 



11 



Increases, Decreases, 

1914 Over 1914 Under 

1913. 1913. 



Van Cortlandt 6,997 81 

Washington Bridge 270 18 



Small parks, squares and triangles 1,547 83 

Parkways. 

r.ronx and Pelliam 2,719 33 

Crotona 478 12 

Moslioln 4,774 44 

l\oads in New ^'ork iiotanical (iarden 69<) (K) 

Spuylen Duyvil 14,042 08 

City Streets. 

Care of streets 4,042 95 

Undistril)uted 088 35 

Stone Crushing 4,166 88 



.$49,254 93 $26,165 91 
Net increase in direct expense 23,089 02 



$49,254 93 $49,254 93 



Were it not for the expenditures in 1'J14 oi .SI l.li'O.dl in connection with the 
operation of a bus line between Bartow Station and City Island by direction of the 
Board of Estimate and Apportionment owing to the unsatisfactory service rendered 
by the mono-rail system there, the Department of Parks, Borough of The Bronx, 
would show a decrease in charges for supervision and general expense in 1914 as com- 
pared with 1913 of $8,610.10. 

The charge of $11,160.61 might, too, l)e reduced by $2,112.16 of revenues turned 
into the City treasury. 

It will be noted that in both Foe and University Parks, the cost of supervision 
and general expense increased altliough the direct expense decreased. 

The direct expense in this division increased from %282.622.37 in 1913, to $307,891.34 
in 1914, or $25,269.02, an increase of approximately nine per cent. The heaviest in- 
creases were in Crotona. McComl)s Dan: and \'an Cortlandt Parks. 

Queens. 

Statement I) licrewith gives tlie same information for the liorougli of Queens, 
1913 anil 1914, as Statement B gives for The Bronx. 

Supervision and General Expense. 



General Administration 

Improved Parks. 

College Point 

Flushing 

Forest 

H ighland 

Kissena Lake 

Kings 

Linden 

Rockaway 

Upland 

Small Parks and Gores 



Increases, 

1914 over 

1913. 


1 )ecreases. 

1914 under 

1913. 


$3,911 66 






$56 56 
32 77 






517 66 




832 78 


789 51 




520 32 






127 72 


42 47 




"i67'36 


36 51 



12 



Increases, Decreases, 

1914 over 1914 under 

1913. 1913. 



Vudcvcloj^cd Park Areas. 



Leavitt 

Rainey 

Wayanda 

Astoria 

Raisley's Pond 

City Streets. 
Care of Trees 



Miscellaneous Expenses. 

General Park Equipment 

Stables 

Greenhouses and Nurseries 

Storehouse 

Shops (overhead ) 

Menagerie 

Inventory Adjustment 

L'ndistril)uted 



College Point . . . 

Flushing 

Forest 

Highland 

Kissena Lake 

Kings 

Linden 

Rockaway 

Upland 

Small Parks and Gores. 
Ashmead Park 



Direct E.rpensc. 
luiproved Parks. 



Uude'c'elnt>ed Parks. 

Rainey 

Wayanda 

P)aisk'v's Por.d 



City Streets. 

Care of Streets 

Christmas Celebration, Long Island Citv 



Net Decrease in Direct Expense. 





2,950 64 


229 63 






1„S63 65 


3 (10 




32 38 




1,269 39 






1,276 60 




1,337 30 


3,965 56 




617 71 






1,462 84 


750 is 




1 959 85 




315 00 





$14,514 02 $10,135 03 
Net Increase in .Supervision and General Expense 4 378 99 



$14,514 02 $14,514 02 





$106 14 




727 65 


p33 77 






2,667 69 


5,949 03 






2,604 07 




585 39 




7,444 80 




9 66 




109 23 


771 26 




1,049 89 




895 93 




227 75 




1,615 31 




92 90 




$10,935 84 


$14,254 63 


3 318 79 





$14,254 63 $14,254 63 



The cost of supervision and general exper.se in the Park Department, Borough 
of Queens, was $92,556.29 in 1914, as against $88,187.30 in 1913, .iin increase of 
$4,378.99, or about 5 per cent. Nearly one-half of tliis increase, however, was due 
to adjustments in tlie inventories, and might more jiropcrly have been charged to direct 
exjiense. 



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Tlic charges for supervision and general expense increased 1914 over 1913 in the 
following parks, despite the fact that the charges for direct expense decreased : 



Parks. 



Increase in 

Charges for 

Supervision 

and General 

Expense, 1914, 

Compared 

With 1913. 



Decrease in 

Charges for 

Direct Expense, 

1914, Compared 

With 1913. 



Kings $520 32 $2,604 07 

Rcjckaway 42 47 7,444 80 

Small Parks and Gores 107 36 109 23 



The charges for direct expense show a decrease, 1914, compared with 1913, from 



2 per cent. The heaviest decreases were 
the heaviest increases in Kissena Lake, 



$92,894 to $89,575.31. or $3,318.79— about iV 
in Rockawaj-, Highland and Kings Parks; 
Raine}- and Wayanda Parks. 

In connection with the larger activities of tlie Park Department it is almost im- 
possible to fix upon any unit of performance of practical value. A cost per acre, for 
instance, means little, because some of the acreage of the parks is highly improved 
and cared for while other park acreage is unimproved and receives little or no atten- 
tion. The activities of the department, too, are very numerous. Not only have they 
to do witli the care of the parks themselves, the maintenance of the structures and 
Iniildings and equipment, the care of roadways, lawns, trees, shrubs, with the incidental 
repair shops, stables, greenhouses and nurseries. l)ut these activities embrace also the 
operation of pumping stations, bathhouses, comfort stations, menageries, playgrounds, 
athletic fields, children's school farms, etc., l)eside the care of certain parks and drive- 
ways and the care of trees in City streets. To set up a cost system for each of these 
activities, without being able to fix upon adequate units of measurement and com- 
parison for the work done would cost more than it would be worth. Any consideraI)le 
saving in this department would therefore seem to depend very largely upon the care 
witli wliich each of its activities is managed. 

In this connection, attention is called to the following e.xtract from the Park 
Department report for 1913. While the extract given refers to conditions in the 
Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, the same condition probably exists in the 
other Boroughs : 

"A great many of the lal)orers and gardeners are very old men, enfeeliled by 
age or infirmity and consequently unable to do a full day's work of a hard or 
laborious nature. Most of them have been in the service of the department many 
years. They are detailed to duty as attendants in the various comfort stations, 
watchmen in the storage yards and department buildings, etc., where possible. Their 
number, however, greatly exceeds the demand for them for this work, so that a 
large number of them must be placed on the regular maintenance work in the parks^ 
thus reducing considerably the efficiency of the force available for that work. This 
condition must be taken into consideration in any analyses of the maintenance cost 
of the parks. 

"On account of the lack of proper police .'supervision over the parks it was nec- 
essary to withdraw from the force of laborers from thirty to sixy men, varying ac- 
cording to season, for special duty as parkkeepers or watchmen to protect the parks 
and prevent damage to trees, shrubs, lawns, buildings, etc. These men were sta- 
tioned at the worst points in the parks, but being without police authority their serv- 
ices were of avail only within certain limits." 



14 

While it is not recommended that the services of these old employees to the city 
be discontinued, it does seem to be idle to advocate efficiency and at the same time 
continue a policy that renders it impossible. 

To the end of effecting savings in the cost of maintaining the park department, 1 
would offer the following suggestions: 

1. That where the supervisory expenses are apparently high, close examination 
be made of the charges entering into such expense, with the view of curtailing 

them. 

2. That the Park Board confer upon the widely differing percentages of cost m 
the remaining functions of the park department, with the purpose of adopting for 
each park division the methods that appear most economical. 

3. That thought be given to the practicability of planning in advance the actual 

Statement A— Showing for the Park Department, Boroughs of Manhattan and 
and Driveway Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and the Direct 
per Acre, and the Assessed Valuation of Each. 

I. 

Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 



General Administration $85,691 59 

Parks and Playgrounds (Manhattan) — 

Battery Park H^l H 

Bryant Park 1.343 76 

Central Park 24,066 15 

Chelsea Park 1.349 70 

City Hall Park 1,097 14 

Colonial Park 1,320 92 

Columbus Park 1,034 97 

Corlcars Hook Park 436 58 

DeVVitt Clinton Park 681 35 

Hamilton Fish Park 443 41 

Five Point Playground 

Fort Washington Park 

Highbridge Park 

Hudson Park 

Isham Park 

John Jay Park 

Thomas Jefferson Park 

Madison Square 

Manhattan Square 

Morningside Park 

Roger Morris Park 

Mount Morris Park 

Queensboro Playground 

Riverside Park 

St. Gabriel's Park 

St. Nicholas Park 

Carl Schurz Park 

Wm. H. Seward Park 

Stuyvesant Park 

Tompkins Square 

Union Square 

Washington Square 

West 59th Street Playground 

Yorkville Playground , 

Small Parks, Squares and Triangles 

17th and 18th Streets, Avenue C and East River 

West 122nd Street 

Undistributed 7,148 34 



202 66 


215 95 


917 55 


506 72 


264 44 


2,486 60 


486 01 


743 65 


2,472 55 


309 14 


1,749 61 


lY,526'i6 


1,227 49 


1.305 96 


2,123 51 


2,190 54 


1,145 32 


1,891 36 


745 74 


699 54 


3,444 '57 


113 46 



IS 

work to 1)0 (lone upon each park, of cstiinatin<r the direct cost of such work and the 
cost of supervision tlicreof, and of hniitint^ the anmunt to l)e expended on cacli park 
to the sum so reached. 

4. That serious consideration he given to the matter of the more economical dis- 
position of the employees of the park department who are inefficient by reason of old 
age or physical infirmities. 

5. That steps he taken to ascertain for what the parks can be maintained, in 
whole or in part, by contract, and the reasons for the adoption or rejection of such a 
policy. 

6. That consideration be given to the matter of securing legislation bestowing 
upon a single commissioner control over the entire park department. Respectfully, 

R. B. McINTYRE. Supervising Statistician and Examiner. 

Richmond, for 1914, the Cost of Maintaining Each Park, Playground, Parkway 
Expenses to the Total Expense, and the Acreage, Average Cost of Upkeep 







Percentage 




Average 




Direct 


Total 


.of Super- 




Cost of 


Assessed 


Expense. 


Expense. 


vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Value. 




$85,691 59 
13,789 89 










$12,062 17 


12.5 


21.199 


$650 49 


$15,025,000 00 


10,574 61 


11,918 34 


11.3 


4.775 


2,495 98 


6.()(X).(K)() 00 


194,381 44 


218,447 59 


11.0 


843.019 


259 11 


380.(X)0,()00 00 


10,396 03 


11,745 73 


11.5 


3.117 


3.768 28 


684,000 00 


8.169 64 


9,266 7S 


11.8 


8.239 


1,124 74 


37,300,000 00 


6.019 20 


7,340 12 


17.9 


12.790 


573 89 


1,825,000 00 


7.453 54 


8,488 51 


12.2 


2.750 


3,086 73 


1,425,000 00 


11,615 59 


12,052 17 


3.6 


10.643 


1,132 40 


950,000 00 


20,478 84 


21,160 19 


3.2 


7.377 


2,868 40 


1,450,000 00 


14,314 95 


14,758 36 


3.0 


3.673 


4.018 07 


1,350,000 00 


2,060 89 


2,060 89 




..301 


6,846 81 


100,000 00 


1,852 64 


2,055 30 


9.Y 


40.810 


50 36 


533,000 00 


3,258 79 


3,474 74 


6.2 


7S . 766 


45 86 


3,572,000 00 


8,822 36 


9,739 91 


9.4 


1.700 


5,729 36 


550,000 00 


3.505 15 


4.011 87 


12.6 


7.911 


507 12 


266.500 00 


7.597 73 


7,862 17 


3.4 


3.004 


2,617 23 


280.000 00 


21,990 71 


24,477 31 


10.1 


15.529 


1,576 23 


2.145.(X)0 00 


9,063 51 


9,549 52 


5.1 


6.840 


1,396 12 


9.aX).000 00 


933 91 


1,677 56 


44.3 


17.582 


95 41 


13,.5()().()00 00 


9,472 86 


11,945 41 


20.8 


31.238 


382 40 


4.5(X),000 00 


1,422 33 


1,731 47 


17.8 


1.546 


1,119 97 


255,000 00 


10,273 46 


12,023 07 


14.6 


20.174 


595 95 


5,000,000 00 


4,311 69 
57.797 78 


4,311 69 
69.317 88 










16.6 


214!3i6 


"323 '95 


33,V>45,666'66 


7.484 77 


8,712 2f) 


14.1 


2.947 


2.956 31 


730,000 00 


4.607 75 


5,913 71 


22.0 


27.235 


217 14 


4.937.000 00 


10.851 61 


12,975 12 


16.4 


12.546 


1.034 20 


1.835.000 00 


21,072 93 


23,263 47 


9.4 


3.315 


7,017 63 


1,500,000 00 


4,923 54 


6,068 86 


18.8 


4.229 


1,435 06 


1,970,000 00 


15.666 51 


17.557 87 


10.8 


10.508 


1.670 90 


3,000.0(X) 00 


5.738 49 


6,484 23 


11.5 


3.483 


1,861 68 


6,(X)(),000 00 


10.931 03 


11,630 57 


6.0 


8.115 


1.433 22 


2,700.000 00 


5.414 89 

9,510 79 

16,423 66 


5,414 89 

9,510 79 

19.868 23 




.519 


10,433 31 






17'. 3 


36! 687 


'"54i*55 


9,'386.666'66 


4,202 07 

43 16 

55,004 35 


4.315 53 

43 16 

62,152 69 


2.6 


1.037 


4,161 55 


145.000 00 


ii.'5 















16 



Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 

Ryan 

Bennett Field 

Cherry and Market Streets 

Clark 

Jackson Square 

Parkways (Manhattan ) . 

Broadway 249 30 

Cathedral Parkway 

Delancey Street 118 46 

Eighty-sixth Street 

Harlem River Driveway 1,476 37 

Park Avenue 290 12 

Seventh Avenue 134 20 

Seventy-second Street 

West End Avenue 126 82 

Washington Bridge 167 46 

Parks (Richmond). 

Silver Lake 408 36 

Washington Park 262 70 

Broadway, Bennett St., Heberton Ave. and Vreeland St., Port Rich- 
mond 234 98 

Main and Willard Aves., Westerleigh 88 44 

Jasper O'val 

Jeannette 

Water Gate 

Carmensville 

Westfield Gardens 

City Streets. 

Care of Trees ( Manhattan) 

Care of Trees (Richmond) 

146th St., between 7th and 8th Aves 

Alaska Field, S. I 

Curtis Field, S. I 

St. Peter's Field, S. 1 

Abingdon Square 

Miscellaneous Expenses. 

General Park Equipment 

Jumel Mansion 

Alenagerie 

Greenhouses and Nurseries 

Stables 

Shops (Overhead) 

79th St. Storage Yard 

97t]i St. Storage Yard 

Manure Pit 

Grace Playground 

Kcnmere St 

Manhattan Bridge 

Reservoir 

67th St. and West End Ave 

Williamsburg Bridge 

12th St. and Avenue A 

East 3rd St. Pier 

Market St. Pier 

East 24th St. Pier 

East 112th St. Pier 

West 50th St. Pier 



17 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost of 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


.\ssessed 
\a!ue. 


1,544 73 


1,544 73 
347 70 

2,264 52 
526 14 
258 58 

6,666 51 

10 50 

1,635 26 

673 85 
8,576 2>^ 
6.705 32 
1,241 48 

177 03 
1,137 33 
1,098 11 

922 24 

3,072 03 

2,421 17 
1,183 02 
2 224 35 
121 57 
1.004 72 
7,068 55 
17 75 

5,622 68 

3.576 54 

80 18 

524 67 

2.603 20 

447 77 

287 28 

17.546 81 

5.850 73 

40.213 49 

33.879 45 

66.749 95 

32,868 62 

5,302 93 

5.967 60 

7.395 19 

194 61 

82 00 

1 50 

363 54 

290 90 

530 06 

7 56 

624 23 
537 92 
628 85 
579 88 

625 65 


3.7 

'7:2 

17.2 
4.3 

10.8 

ii.'i 

15.3 

44.2 

8.5 

9.7 
7 .5 


.180 
'.392 
'.227 

1 1 . 164 

.'716 

36.69' 
8.118 

57.90 
1.46 

1.28 
2.92 

'.202 


8,581 83 
'5,776 '84 
"l',i39'i2 

597 14 
'2'.i83 '88 

' 'Hi '75 

825 98 

15 93 
2.104 13 

1.891 54 
405 14 

'U22 ' 18 




347 70 




2,264 52 




526 14 




258 58 
6,417 21 


lOO.iKX) 00 


10 50 




1,516 80 




673 85 




7,0^9 91 




6,415 20 




1,107 28 




177 03 




1.010 71 




930 6o 

513 88 
2,809 33 

2.186 19 
1.094 58 
2.224 35 


472.0C0 00 

129.0;K) 00 
90,0(;0 00 

22.000 00 
105C0 GO 


121 57 




1.004 72 




7.068 55 




17 75 




5,622 68 




3.576 54 




80 18 




524 67 




2 603 20 




447 77 




287 28 
17.546 81 


lOO.OCO 03 


5,850 73 




40,213 49 




33,879 45 




66.749 95 




32,868 62 




5,302 93 




5.967 60 




7,395 19 




194 61 




82 00 




1 50 




363 54 




290 90 




530 06 




7 56 




624 23 




537 92 




628 85 




579 88 




625 65' 









18 



Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 

Barrow St. Pier 

West 129th St. Pier 

Albany St. Pier 

Small Buildings, all Parks, Except Central Park 

5th Ave. and I38th St 

Police Department 

Observatory 

Model for Watering Trough ' 

Snow Removal from City Streets 

Stock Manufacture by Department 

Memorial Day Parade 

Repairs to Docks, 79th St. and Riverside 

Delivery, plows to Department of Correction 

Care of trees at City Colleges 

Public School Education 

Delivering equipment. Parks. Queens 

Repair to pudding opposite Carmensville Playground 

Inventory Adj ustment 1 ,797 08 



$168,458 36 
Park Board Administration 30,039 11 



$198,498 13 
Less Manufactures by Department 



Net Cost $198,498 13 



Statement B — Showing for the Park Department, Borough of The Bronx, for 
Driveway Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and the Direct 
Acre, and the Assessed Valuation of Each. 

Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 

General Administration 1914 $40,809 71 

1913 44,249 00 

Decrease $3,439 29 

Parks and I'lavgrouiids. 

Bronx Park ." 1914 $1,796 50 

1913 3,352 08 

Decrease $1,555 58 

Claremont Park 1914 $2,354 34 

1913 1,906 75 

Increase $447 59 

Crotona Park 1914 $4,824 34 

1913 4,737 49 

Increase $86 85 



19 



i:)irect 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Average 
Cost of 
Acreage. Upkeep 
Per.^cre. 


.\ssesscd 
X'aluc. 


570 63 


570 63 

585 82 

16 00 

2,103 21 

693 20 

22 04 

33 99 

258 30 

4,135 91 

1,002 91 

129 81 

463 24 

3 75 

106 23 

28 58 

5 25 

2 26 

1.797 08 










5S5 82 










16 00 




2.103 21 




093 20 




22 04 




33 99 




258 30 




4,135 91 




1,002 91 




129 81 




463 24 




3 75 




106 23 




28 58 




5 25 




2 26 














$901,192 02 


$1,069,650 38 
30,039 77 


1,586 


.15 


$552,482,000 00 


$901,192 02 
1,602 91 


$1,099,690 15 
1.602 91 




$899,589 11 


$1,098,087 24 











1913 and 1914, the Cost of Maintaining Each Park, Playground, Parkway and 
Expenses to the Total Expense, and the Acreage, Average Cost of Upkeep Per 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost of 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Assessed 
\ alue. 




$40,809 71 
44,249 00 


14.4 
19.5 

12.8 
10.7 

11.7 
15.0 


719.12 

38.00 

154.60 


$17 35 
23 94 

482 50 
407 67 

265 80 
203 88 














$3,439 29 

$12,492 70 
17,210 01 




$10,696 20 
13,853 93 


$19,(150,000 00 






$3,167 73 

$15,981 00 
15,864 49 


$4,723 31 

$18,335 34 
17,771 24 

$564 10 


690.000 00 




$116 51 




$36,269 71 
26 781 ^7 


$41,094 05 
31,520 76 


8.405,000 00 






$9,486 44 


$9,573 29 





20 



Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 



Dc Voc Park 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Echo Park 1914 

1913 



Increase 



McCombs Dam Park 1914 

1913 

Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Total and Direct.. 

Melrose Park 1914 

1913 



Increase 



Pelham Bay Park 1914 

1913 



Decrease 



Poe Park 1914 

1913 

Increase in Supervision. Decrease in Total and Direct.. 

St. James Park 1914 

1913 

Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct. Decrease 
in Total 

St. Marys Park 1914 

1913 

Decrease 



Franz Sigel Park 1914 

1913 



Decrease 



University Park 1914 

1913 

Increase in Supervision. Decrease in Direct and Total . . 

Van Cortlandt Park 1914 

1913 

Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total.. 

Washington Bridge Park 1914 

1913 

Decrease $37 97 



$325 05 
184 83 


$140 22 


$1,075 13 
976 33 


$98 80 


$2,412 00 
3,497 22 


$1,085 22 






$5,714 02 
7,553 96 


$1,839 94 


$160 60 
103 94 


$56 66 


$904 71 
1,334 23 


$429 52 


$2,265 75 
2,945 03 


$679 28 


$1,287 75 
2.088 19 


$800 44 


$160 6t> 
96 46 


$64 14 

$6 225 54 
6.941 19 


$715 65 


$27 50 
65 47 



21 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
ot Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 

Cost OI 

Upkeep 

Per Acre. 


.\ssessed 
Value. • 


$3,104 47 
2,887 48 


$3,429 52 
3,072 31 

$357 21 


9.5 
6.0 

26.7 
27.1 

11.4 
21.7 

11.0 
11.4 

11.6 

4.() 

12.9 

18.7 

12.3 
14.9 

19.6 
25.6 

15.8 
9.4 

10.0 
12.5 

1.9 
3.8 


5.87 

4.0.) 

27.00 

0.83 

1,756.00 

2.33 

11.83 

34.20 

17.47 

2.75 

1.132.35 

8.45 


584 24 
523 39 

\.m5 42 
898 15 

781 50 
597 27 

820 31 
226 20 

29 50 

37 55 

595 25 
969 74 

592 09 

600 25 

535 19 
575 98 

374 76 
465 54 

368 33 
370 58 

54 74 
49 19 

167 66 
204 13 


375.000 00 






$216 99 




$2,946 57 
2,616 27 


$4,U21 70 
3,592 60 


256,()r.O 00 






$330 30 


$429 10 




$18,688 63 
12,629 t;0 


$21,100 63 
16.126 22 


1.231, ceo 00 






$6,059 63 

$680 86 

187 75 


$4,974 41 

$680 86 
187 75 


61,5(X) 00 






$493 11 


$493 11 




$46,094 82 
58,393 22 


$51,808 84 
65,947 18 


10,610.000 00 




$12,298 40 

$1,226 33 
7 155 58 


$14,138 34 

$1,386 93 
2.259 S2 


200.0CO CO 






$929 25 


$872 59 




$6,099 73 
5,766 82 


$7,004 44 
7,101 05 


765.000 00 




$332 91 

$16,037 71 
16,753 50 


$96 61 

$18,303 46 
19,698 53 


494,500 00 




$715 79 


$1,395 07 

$6,547 05 
8.132 98 




$5,259 30 
6,044 79 


673m) 00 




$785 49 


$1,585 93 

$1,012 92 
1,019 10 

$6 18 




$852 32 
922 64 


115.000 00 




$70 32 




$55,763 52 
48,765 71 


$61,989 06 
55.706 90 


13.250.000 00 




$6,997 81 

$1,389 28 
1,659 46 


$6,282 16 

$1,416 78 
1,724 93 


44.000 00 




$270 18 


$308 15 





22 



Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 



Small Parks, Squares and Triangles 1914 $200 24 

1913 102 34 

Increase $97 90 

Parkvoays. 

Bronx and Pelham Tarkwav 1914 $1,621 67 

1913 2,462 25 

Decrease $840 58 

Croton Parkway 1914 

1913 $15 02 

Decrease $15 02 

Mosholu Parkway 1914 $1,211 18 

1913 1,486 32 

Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total Ex- 
pense $275 14 

Roads in New York Botanical Garden 1914 

1913 $354 00 

Decrease in Supervision. Increase in Direct and Total 

Expense $-^54 00 

Spuyten Duyvil Parkwav 1914 $1,357 75 

1913 1,306 21 

Increase $51 48 

Ciix Streets. 

Care of Trees 1914 $1,604 50 

1913 1,277 50 

Increase in Supervision. Decrease in Direct and Total Ex- 
pense $•327 00 

Undistributed .■•• 1914 $4,940 19 

1913 

Increase in Supervision. Decrease in Direct Expense. In- 
crease in Total Expense $4,940 19 

Miscellaneous Expenses. 

General Park Equipment 1914 $7,452 92 

1913 9,825 51 

Decrease $2,372 59 

Greenhouses and Nursery 1914 $37,879 61 

^ 1913 37,763 00 

Increase ■ $11" "1 

Stables 1914 $22,371 66 

^ 1913 21,980 59 

Increase $•'91 07 



23 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost of 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Assessed 
Value. 


$4,853 02 
3,305 19 


$5,053 26 
3,407 53 


3.9 

3.0 

8.6 
11.1 

8.3 
14.6 

6.6 
20.9 

.39.8 


17.18 

108.92 
12.30 
83.10 

28.10 


294 13 

198 34 

169 56 
202 25 

54 44 
94 54 

175 32 
121 19 

724 01 
222 46 


732,000 00 






$1,547 83 

$16,847 49 
19,566 82 


$1,645 73 

$18,469 16 
22,029 07 


1,835,7(K) 00 






$2,719 33 

$669 69 
1,147 81 


$3,559 91 

$669 69 
1,162 83 


345,000 00 






$478 12 


$493 14 

$14,569 47 
10.070 17 




$13,358 29 
8,583 85 


2.16(),0(M) 00 






$4,774 44 


$4,499 30 




$2,356 32 


$2,356 32 
2,020 32 




1,666 32 








$690 00 


$336 00 




$18,987 02 
4,944 94 


$20,344 77 
6.251 21 


885,000 00 






$14,042 08 
$15,899 65 


$14,093 56 

$17,504 15 
21,220 10 




19,942 60 








$4,042 95 
$7 482 58 


$3,715 95 

$12,422 77 
8,170 93 




8 170 93 








$688 35 


$4,251 84 

$7,452 92 
9,825 51 














$2,372 59 






$37,879 61 
37,763 00 














$116 '61 

$22,371 66 
21,980 59 


















$391 07 





24 



Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 



Shops (Overhead) 1914 $8,701 23 

1913 9,689 62 

Decrease $988 39 

Stone Crushing 1914 

Omni1)us Line Operation 1914 $11,160 61 

Totals 1914 $168,845 10 

1913 166,294 59 

Increase $2,550 51 



Statement C — Showing for the Park Department, Borough of Brooklyn, for 
Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and the Direct Expenses to 
the Assessed Valuation of Each. 

Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 



General Administration $55,140 86 

Parks and Playgrounds — 

Ammesfort "Park 772, 88 

Bedford Park 1,288 09 

Bensonhurst Park 682 05 

Borough Hall Park 235 61 

Bushwick Park 1,279 27 

Bushwick Playground 1,072 21 

Canarsie Park 791 05 

Carroll Park 1,059 58 

City Park 1,122 70 

Cooper Park 1,430 70 

Dreamland Park 1,187 80 

Dyker Beach Park 785 86 

Fort Green Park 1,596 30 

Fort Hamilton Park 1,011 07 

Fulton Park • 1,041 25 

Highland Park 798 82 

Irving Square ." 1,040 14 

Lincoln Terrace Park 1 ,204 ?>7 

Linton Park 710 09 

McCarren Park 2,630 81 

McKihhon Playground 1,034 07 

McKinley Park 1,310 81 

McLoughlin Park 1,456 22 

New Lots Playground 1,362 86 

Parade Grounds 1,604 06 

Prospect Park 26,546 03 

Red Hook Park 887 11 

Red Hook Playground 459 51 

Saratoga Square 1,062 25 

Seaside Park 3,715 07 

Sunset Park 1.708 91 

Tompkins Park 1,142 92 

Williamsburg Bridge Park 1,134 00 



25 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
■Cost of 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Assessed 
Value. 




$8,701 23 
9,689 62 




















$988 39 




K166 88 


$4,166 88 
11,160 61 












$305,711 39 
282,622 n 


$474,556 49 
448,916 96 

$25,639 53 


4,164.40 


$62,183,700 00 


$23,089 02 





1914, the Cost of Maintaining Each Park, Playground, Parkway and Driveway 
the Total Expense, and the Acreage, Average Cost of Upkeep Per Acre, and 







Percentage 




Average 




Direct 


Total 


of Super- 




Cost of 


Assessed 


Expense. 


Expense. 


vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Value. 




$55,140 86 
2,288 21 


33.9 


3.56 


$642 75 




$1,514 Z2> 


$100,000 00 


3,798 47 


5,086 56 


25.3 


4.10 


1,240 62 


175,000 00 


2.166 91 


2,848 96 


23.9 


13.00 


219 14 


88,000 00 


2,772 39 


3,008 00 


7.8 


1.70 


1.769 41 


l(X).fX)0 00 


5.037 38 


6,316 65 


20.3 


6.86 


920 79 


150,000 (X) 


4,353 46 


5.425 67 


19.7 


2.80 


1,937 74 


61,000 00 


1.255 IZ 


2,046 78 


38.6 


30.50 


67 10 


105,000 00 


3,456 03 


4,515 61 


23.4 


1.90 


2,376 63 


390.000 00 


6.407 46 


7,530 16 


14.9 


7.50 


1,004 02 


294,000 00 


3,933 36 


5,364 06 


26.6 


6.10 


879 33 


100,000 00 


10,430 55 


11,618 35 


10.2 


14.70 


790 36 


2,192,171 73 


5.954 89 


6.740 75 


11.6 


139.80 


48 22 


300,000 oa 


16.279 05 


\7.^1l Yz^ 


8.9 


28.90 


618 52 


1 890.000 00 


1,228 12 


2.239 19 


45.2 


4.60 


486 78 


150,000 00 


2.183 11 


3.224 36 


32.2 


2.00 


1,612 18 


180,000 00 


6.460 78 


7,259 60 


11.0 


42.58 


170 49 


715,000 00 


3.655 41 


4.695 55 


22.1 


2.98 


1,575 69 


70,000 00 


5,511 30 


6.715 67 


32.8 


7.60 


883 64 


IJn.iino CO 


2,492 07 


3,202 16 


22.1 


2 29 


1,398 36 


75.0(10 00 


25,519 59 


28,150 40 


9.3 


38.42 


732 70 


1,926,000 00 


5,638 91 


6,672 98 


15.5 


1.37 


4,870 79 


50,000 00 


2,845 94 


4.156 75 


31.5 


8.50 


489 03 


124,(K)0 00 


6,733 85 


8,190 07 


17.6 


3.30 


2,481 84 


129,000 00 


4.074 11 


5,436 97 


25.0 


2.29 


2.374 22 


108,000 00 


7,903 81 


9,507 87 


16.8 


39.50 


240 70 


1,290,000 00 


177,457 61 


204,003 64 


13.0 


526.00 


387 83 


28,000,000 00 


4.005 40 


4,892 51 


18.1 


5.28 


926 61 


150,000 00 


4,322 62 


4.782 13 


9.6 


2.29 


2,088 24 


65,000 00 


3,915 63 


4.977 88 


21.3 


3.20 


1,555 58 


150.000 00 


14,819 16 


18,534 23 


20.0 


10.30 


1,799 44 


294.000 00 


13,185 06 


14.893 97 


11.4 


24.50 


607 91 


500,000 00 


4,489 50 


5,632 42 


20.2 


7.80 


722 10 


400,000 00 


3,938 21 


5.072 21 


22.3 


4.30 


1.179 58 


218,000 00 



26 



Winthrop Park 

Small Parks, Squares and Triangles. 

Parkivays — 

Bay Parkway 

Bay Ridge Parkway and Shore Road. 

Eastern Parkway 

Fort Hamilton Avenue 

Ocean Parkway 

Eastern Parkway Extension 

Streets Contiguous to Prospect Park. 

*Twenty-sixth Ward Streets 

Undistributed 

City Streets — 

Care of Trees 

Miscellaneous Expenses — 

General Park Equipment 

Menagerie 

Pumping Station 

Greenhouses and Nursery 

Stables 

Shops 

Temporary Summer Playgrounds . . . 

Extraordinary Expense 



Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 

1,496 94 
625 24 

901 25 
1,727 84 
2,649 18 
1,791 58 
3,542 55 
1,059 81 
55 11 
1,767 02 
21,469 79 



$157,392 64 



*Certain streets in the 26th Ward were maintained by the Park Department dur 
in the above figures. 

Statement D — Showing for the Park Department, Borough of Queens, for 1913 
way Therein, the Relationship of the Supervisory and Direct Expenses to 
the Assessed Valuation of Each Park. 



Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 

General Administration ; 1914 $38,164 13 

1913 34,252 47 

Increase $3,911 66 

Improved Parks. 

College Point 1914 $19 40 

1913 75 96 

Decrease $56 56 

Flushing 1914 $42 70 

1913 75 47 

Decrease $32 77 

Forest 1914 $1,507 27 

1913 2,024 93 

Decrease in Supervision and Total Expense; increase in 
Direct $517 66 



27 



Percentage Average 

Direct Total of Super- Cost of 

Expense. Expense. vision Acreage. Upkeep 

Cost. Per Acre. 



Assessed 
Value. 



8,150 78 
2,518 03 

9,417 26 
11,385 10 
18.008 25 
11,402 97 
42,487 76 

9,386 04 

7,945 68 
14.993 65 

3.218 65 



9,647 72 
3,143 27 

10.318 51 
13.112 94 
20,657 43 
13,194 55 
46,030 31 
10,445 85 
8.000 79 
16.760 67 
24.688 44 



15.5 
19.8 



9.10 
3.03 

30.99 
161.89 
61.12 
48.15 
140.00 
18.55 
21.84 
76.07 



1,060 18 



325,000 00 
396,000 00 



1,000, 
13,850, 
3.000, 
1,000 
4,000 
1,300 
1,161 
1,666 



000 00 
000 00 
000 00 
000 00 
000 00 
000 00 
400 00 
600 00 



49,000 33 

25,839 95 

22.422 99 

1,039 46 

32.026 11 

28.388 80 

16,215 12 

2,533 54 

9,398 13 

$693,518 80 



49,000 33 

25,839 95 

22 422 99 

1,039 46 

32,026 11 

28.388 80 

16,215 12 

2,533 54 

9,398 13 

$850,911 44 



1.571.26 



^,358,171 73 



ing a portion of 1914. The acreage and assessed value of these streets arc not included 



and 1914, the Cost of Maintaining Each Park, Playground, Parkway and Drive- 
the Total Expense, and the Acreage, Average Cost of Upkeep Per Acre, and 



Direct 

Expense. 


Total 

Expense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost bf 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Assessed 
Value. 




$38,164 13 
34,252 47 


1.4 
4.9 

2.6 
3.1 

3.5 
4.8 


1.14 

1.02 

536.00 


$1,218 41 
1,361 14 














$3,911 66 




$1,369 60 
1,475 74 


$1..S89 00 
1,551 70 


$18,800 00 




$106 14 


$162 70 


$142 73 




$1,595 26 
2.322 91 


$1,637 96 
2.398 38 


$1,605 84 
2,351 35 


29,000 00 




$727 65 


$760 42 


$745 51 




$40,813 41 
40.479 64 


$42,320 68 
42.504 57 


$78 96 
79 30 


1.278.147 00 




$333 77 


$183 89 


$0 34 





28 



Supervision 
and 
Year. General 

Expense. 

Highland I9I4 $241 21 

1913 1,074 00 



Decrease 



Kisscna Lake 1914 

1913 



Increase 



Kings 1914 

1913 

Increase in Supervision; decrease in Direct and Total 
Expense 

Linden 1914 

1913 



Decrease 



Rockaway 1914 

1913 

Increase in Supervision ; decrease in Direct and Total 
Expense 

Upland 1914 

1913 



Decrease 



Small Parks and Gores 1914 

1913 

Increase in Supervision; decrease in Direct and Total 
Expense 

Ashmead Tark 1914 

1913 



Increase 



Undevclof'ed Park Areas. 

Leavitt Park 1914 

1913 



Decrease 



Raincy Park 1914 

1913 

Increase 



Telewana Park 1914 

1913 

Wavanda Park 1914 

1913 

Increase in Direct and decrease in Supervision and Total 

Expense $1,503 65 



$832 78 


$973 88 
184 37 


$789 51 


$940 83 
420 51 


$520 32 


$89 39 
217 11 


$127 72 


$114 30 
71 83 


$42 47 


$16 94 

53 45 


$36 51 


$581 06 
473 70 


$107 36 






$238 71 
3,189 35 


$2,950 64 


$775 41 
545 78 


$229 63 




$63 60 
1.567 25 



29 



Direct 

lixpcnse. 


Total 
lixpense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost ot 
Upkeep 
Per Acre. 


Assessed 
Value. 


$7,459 50 
10,127 19 


$7,700 72. 
11,201 19 


3.1 
9.8 

9.0 
4.() 

17. () 
-:^.7 

3.8 
7.2 

4.2 

.7 

1.2 
3.8 

49.6 
40.4 

35.2 
.59.4 

5.9 
93.3 


59.60 

88.12 
1 1 . .SO 

3.00 
17.87 

5.. 50 
280.83 

0.27 

7.61 
5.09 

2.00 


$129 21 
187 94 


$200,000 00 






$2,667 69 

$9,784 63 
3,835 60 


$3,500 47 

$10,758 51 
4,019 97 


$58 7Z 

$122 09 
45 62 


1,316.4,S.S 00 






$5,949 03 


$6,738 54 


$76 47 

$464 31 
645 51 




$4,398 81 
7,002 88 


$5,339 64 
7,423 39 

$2,083 75 

$2,312 21 
3,025 3<2 


.50.000 00 






$2,604 07 


$181 20 




$2,222 82 
2,808 21 


$770 74 
1.008 44 


.>3,(M)0 00 






$585 39 


$713 11 


%2i7 70 




$2,585 56 
10,030 36 


$2,699 86 
10,102 19 


$151 08 
565 31 


.344.000 (Ml 






$7,444 80 


$7,402 ?,?, 


$414 2?, 




$1,358 76 
1,368 42 


$1,375 70 
1,421 87 


$250 13 
258 52 


35.100 00 






$9 66 


$46 17 

$1,171 18 
1.173 05 


$8 39 




$590 12 
699 35 


$4 17 
4 17 


992.2.50 00 






$109 2?> 


$1 87 






$771 26 


$771 26 


$2,856 51 


3,000 00 






$771 26 


$771 26 








%2?,'A 71 
3.189 .35 


$31 38 
419 10 


31.000 00 








$2,950 64 

$2,197 55 
918 03 


$387 72 

$431 74 
180 M) 




$1,422 14 
?,72 25 


1H4,K(.2 00 






$1,049 89 


$1,279 52 


$251 38 


















$1,008 43 
112 50 


$1,072 03 
1,679 75 


$.5.36 01 
839 87 


8.000 00 






$895 93 


$607 72 


$303 86 





30 



Year. 

Astoria Park j914 

Increase 

Baisley's Pond 1914 

Increase 

City Streets. 
Care of Trees '. J914 

Increase 

Miscellaneous Expense. 
General Park Equipment 1914 

Decrease 

s-^'- ■ ■ IISI 

Decrease 

Greenhouses and Nurseries 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Storehouse 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Shops (Overhead) 1914 

1913 

Decrease 

Menagerie, Forest Park 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Long Ishuul City Christmas Celebration 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Undistributed 1914 

1913 

Increase 

Inventory Adjustment Shortage 1914 

Inventory Adjustment Surphis 1913 

I ncrcase 

Totals 1914 

1913 

Net Increase in Supervision and Total Expense. Net De- 
crease in Direct Expense 



Supervision 

and 

General 

Expense. 



$3 00 


$3 00 


$32 38 


$32 38 


$4,488 76 
3,219 37 


$1,269 39 


$7,311 21 
8,587 81 


$1,276 60 


$9,321 01 
10,658 31 


$1,337 30 


$20,475 41 
16,509 85 


$3,965 56 


$1,741 29 
1,123 58 


$617 71 


$3,685 35 
5,148 19 


$1,462 84 


$750 18 


$750 18 






$315 00 


$315 00 


$673 86 
1,285 99 


$1,959 85 


$92,566 29 
88,187 30 



$4,378 99 



31 



Direct 
Expense. 


Total 
Exi)ense. 


Percentage 
of Super- 
vision 
Cost. 


Acreage. 


Average 
Cost of 
Upkeep 
Per .\crc. 


Assessed 
A^alue. 




$3 00 


12.4 

24.3 
20.8 


56.25 
75.00 

1.1,50.80 


05 
3 46 


566,000 00 








$3 00 
$260 13 




$227 75 


53,.i47 00 






$227 75 


$260 13 




$13,874 36 
12,259 05 

$1,615 31 


$18,363 12 
15,478 42 

$2,884 70 

$7,311 21 
8.587 81 


















$1,276 60 

$9,321 01 
10,658 31 

$1,337 30 

$20,475 41 
16,509 85 


































$3,965 56 

$1,741 29 
1,123 58 

$617 71 

$3,685 35 
5,148 19 


































$1,462 84 
$750 18 














$750 18 




$92 90 


$92 90 










$92 90 


$92 90 






$315 00 














$315 00 






$673 86 
1.285 99 














$1,959 85 

$182,141 60 
181.081 40 




$89,575 31 
92,894 10 


5.142.964 00 




$3,318 79 


$1,060 20 





